First, say "slow pace". It's not that a film deliberately makes people drowsy because of the literary and artistic line. "Slow" is to counter the sensory stimulation in those modern movies, allowing the audience to calm down and feel the meaning behind a picture and a line. The rhythm of this film is indeed "slow", which is completely derived from the inner world of the protagonist Charon. We know that Charon is a single-parent child, and the little boy at the beginning of the movie does not speak for a long time and even makes people a little anxious. But this is the little boy, his taciturn comes from, he doesn't know how to talk to the world. The world he saw was full of violence, drugs and prejudice, and he felt scared. In fact, the longest clue in the movie is Charon's identification process with his gay identity. When he met his former friends again, the rhythm of the camera slowed down again. This is because they were tempted in their memories and looking for recognition in each other's eyes. Every seemingly insignificant and careful dialogue expressed in my heart. And you, but I am afraid of losing you and dare not say it. The slow pace is the most true expression of the hero's mental journey, which makes people feel moving.
The most unacceptable is that some people think that the reputation of the film comes from "political correctness." Just imagine, if the film is changed to white or heterosexual, will the film still be so moving? Maybe not. Because in the United States or on a global scale, heterosexual love is often manifested as an outward expansion and is praised by others. This kind of film may not lack the external forces against love, such as third parties, parents, etc., but usually there will be no conflicts with the internal forces of the protagonist. The usual proposition of movies that show heterosexuality is: How do I love you more; and movies that show homosexuality, in addition to completing a proposition: Should I love you. Therefore, the director chose such a story setting to show how a person grows up and how to learn to love under multiple external and internal conflicts. It's just that the black homosexual setting can maximize this conflict. If we criticize this film from the perspective of political correctness alone, I can only say that these people still judge "right" or "wrong" for a love in their hearts. He has not removed these labels at all to understand this from the perspective of human nature. a movie. The core of the story of this film can also be filmed in an Asian context, and I think it is enough to make a move.
The poster of this movie must become a classic, because he used a picture to best interpret the core of the novel. The three faces looked similar at first, but when they looked closely, they found a difference in age. Although the theme of the movie is growth, in fact, some parts of each of us will never grow up. Although Charon has driven a luxury car and wears a golden chain in the third paragraph, he is like the image of the man in the first paragraph who taught him to swim and told him to "be yourself". But we feel from the actor's performance that in the depths of his strong body, he is still the lonely boy in the moonlight. Don’t each of us build a thick fortress for our soft heart, learn to be independent, and learn to talk to the world; then we tear down the fortress in front of the one we love deeply, lean gently on the shoulder of the lover, and learn to use love to comfort The lonely soul. In the last scene of the movie, I cut back to the figure of the boy facing the sea under the moonlight. At that moment, my eyes were moist. Various things in the protagonist's later life may be to give the little boy a warm hug.
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